November 2018 - Perilous

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Work Strike at Rush City Correctional Facility, Minnesota

ByperilousNovember 30, 2018

November 30, 2018: 115 prisoners who work at the prison's anagram balloon factory went on strike in response to delays in delivery of canteen items and abuse by guards. Prisoners state that the administration recently changed the amount of time it takes for canteen items to

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Attack on Guards at Iredell County Detention Center, North Carolina

ByperilousNovember 11, 2018

November 11, 2018: A fight broke out between two prison guards and four detainees during Sunday breakfast. After the altercation began between one detainee and a guard, other detainees joined in. Following the fight, charges were brought against all four prisoners.

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Uprising at Larned Correctional, Kansas

ByperilousNovember 6, 2018

November 6, 2018: A series of fights led to a riot in all five units of the Central Facility, leading to "extensive damage" to all of them. Kansas Department of Correction spokesman Samir Arif stated that “the fights were contained to the living unit pods. Some inmates were

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Two Uprisings by Idaho Prisoners at Eagle Pass Correctional Facility, Texas

ByperilousNovember 5, 2018

November 5-13, 2018: Prisoners from Idaho housed in a private prison in Texas participate in two disturbances in just over a week.